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Tom Forth

@thomasforth

CTO and co-Founder @TheDataCity. Head of Data @OpenInnovates. Runs @imactivate. I block anons for even the slightest rudeness.

Leeds, Yorkshire, UK Inscrit le Mart 2010
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Tom Forth@thomasforth·
Increasing density further than what is already under construction and planned is unlikely to be necessary to support the dense public transport networks, high R&D investment, and local power that is more important in making those places much better off. tomforth.co.uk/densityisdone/
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After three decades of building, Britain's large cities have densities -- both at their cores and overall -- that are comparable to their North European equivalents like Amsterdam, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Cologne, and Copenhagen.
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@OnTheWoolsack #fondmemories of learning you could get a crossbow at 16 and everyone at school responding to even mild banter/bullying by performatively adding people to their crossbow list.
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@michael_merrick The richest of your lookalikes, sadly also the most Protestant and literally King William of Orange. So ups and downs.
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If the AI Economics Institute is in London, Oxford, or Cambridge it will be a big cost to us and a big subsidy to our competitors. Manchester, Leeds, or Edinburgh and it's a big boost to us and many other companies like ours in the North. To govern is to choose.
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Great news to see progress on this. Lots of government jobs so centrally in Manchester is great news for businesses like mine if they include really senior roles and institutes like the newly announced AI Economics Institute (which I'm keen to learn about) manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…
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Jesse Peltan@JessePeltan·
Regardless of what happens in Europe and the U.S., the world is moving to EVs. There is nothing that western automakers can do to reverse this trend, and geopolitical risk in oil will only accelerate it. Either get good at EVs, or wither away.
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Assaad Razzouk@AssaadRazzouk

Emerging Asia is sprinting toward electric independence to crush fossil fuel fragility. Fossil fuel wars will only accelerate this trend ➡️Viet Nam: 38% EV sales share, ahead of EU ➡️Singapore: Leading the charge at 50%+ share ➡️Indonesia: 15% share, more than US ➡️Thailand: 21% share, leaving Japan (at 3%) in the rearview mirror ➡️India: Three-wheelers at 57% share, EVs rising rapidly and at 4%, already ahead of Japan ➡️China: Already banking $28b/year in avoided oil imports The era of being held hostage by oil chokepoints is coming to an end in multiple Asian countries, fast ember-energy.org/latest-insight…

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Jan Rosenow@janrosenow·
Two technologies that competed for the future of heating and transport. The race is over. In 2025, 19m heat pumps were sold globally. Hydrogen-ready boilers: 237 units. The picture in transport is identical. 21m EVs were sold last year. Hydrogen fuel cell cars: ~10,000 units.
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Tom Forth@thomasforth·
@won_ton @squatter666 @RuairiKelly_ You sound incredibly moany to be honest. I know things aren't perfect but if you compare the quality of infrastructure in North England to Scotland (which I do pretty regularly) Scotland is now miles ahead.
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@squatter666 @thomasforth @RuairiKelly_ Glasgow infrastructure is terrible. The M8 is a disaster, The A82 is still single track country road in places. No integrated transport system for the city and the Airport is has no connections.
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A very important thread. Devolution gave Scotland power over taxes. It raised them. It has since, seen its economic strength and productivity grow the faster than England, Wales, or Northern Ireland and attract high earners with that strong economy. x.com/L__Macfarlane/…
Laurie Macfarlane@L__Macfarlane

NEW: We often hear that Scotland’s more progressive income tax is “driving people out the country.” New HMRC data shows the opposite. Far more taxpayers are moving to Scotland than leaving it. Let’s look at the data 🧵

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@Grepsul @EdwardEGibbon The constitutional cost of that is another matter indeed. I do think that Scottish devolution causes substantial issues to the Union because its performance is so notably stronger than North England. Similar to how Ireland's visible prosperity vs. NI causes big challenges.
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@Grepsul @EdwardEGibbon "Not much evidence of it in the GDP stats rel to UK" > I think there is a lot of evidence. 3 percentage points higher growth in GDP/capita than England since devolution. Which is a Brexit-scale difference. Or 8 percentage points if comparing to previously similar UK regions.
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@won_ton @RuairiKelly_ New self-driving trains for Glasgow's subway ready this year. A new tram in Edinburgh and already plans to expand the system. A new bridge across the Forth. All four railways between Edinburgh and Glasgow electrified. Huge road investment in Glasgow and Aberdeen and to Inverness.
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Tom Forth@thomasforth·
@won_ton @RuairiKelly_ Is that a joke? Really hard to tell given that Scotland's infrastructure is so vastly better than North England's.
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Britain has no hope of returning to being one of the most prosperous countries in the world unless more of England performs economically as well as Scotland has since devolution. And we are very much not going in that direction I'm sorry to say. tomforth.co.uk/richestcountry…
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Tom Forth@thomasforth·
And no it's not fiscal transfer. Scotland's fiscal deficit is now the lowest of any part of the country outside South England. North England and the Midlands especially are now much bigger recipients (% of GVA) of money than Scotland and their position has worsened substantially.
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